CTL Strategies recognised in 2021 Rankings of Chambers and Partners
CTL Strategies LLP has been ranked in the 2021 edition of Chambers and Partners.
Chambers and Partners, often regarded as the “gold standard” in the legal profession, is an independent research company operating across 200 jurisdictions. Chambers deliver rankings and insight into the world’s leading lawyers and law firms. The rankings are based on in-depth interviews with lawyers, in-house counsel of clients and independent experts.
The Guide remarks that the “firm has a significant focus on tax matters and earns considerable market respect in this regard. Its experience includes tax litigation and corporate services. It is heralded by sources as “up-and-coming”.
CTL Strategies Celebrates its 6th Anniversary
Today marks the 6th anniversary of CTL Strategies LLP. The firm started its journey on 3 March 2015 and the firm has grown out to be one of the biggest law firms in the Maldives.
As the firm marks six years of professional services, it is currently recognized as a leading law firm in the Maldives advising a number of international as well local businesses on their corporate, litigation and tax matters.
The firm’s major milestones over the past years include its continuous ranking in Asia Law Profiles, being shortlisted by International Tax Review as one of the Best Newcomer of the Year in Asia for the Asia Tax Awards 2020. It is also notable that the firm was shortlisted as the Firm of the Year by Asia Law Profiles. The firm was recently recognized in the 2021 Chambers and Partner Guide.
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Travel Agency Regulation
The Travel Agency Regulation was gazetted on 25 February 2021 replacing the Travel Agency Regulation published on 30 November 2006. The Regulation introduces new changes to the operations of foreign travel agencies and updates requirements and standards for local travel agencies. The key areas of the Regulation are as follows:
New requirements for Foreign Travel Agencies
Permit requirements maintained
Similar to the previous Regulation, the new Regulation necessitates all travel agencies to obtain a permit from the Ministry of Tourism. The Regulation retains the previous conditions for the issuance of the permit. The condition includes:
Updates to the standards of Travel Agencies
The Regulation includes an updated minimum standard for the travel agencies. The standards are as follows:
Publication of prices
The Regulation makes it mandatory for all travel agencies to publish a price list in a manner accessible to the tourists at any time. The list must include how the prices will be charged for the services provided by the travel agency. The agency must notify the prices of any additional services prior to providing such services to tourists. Previously the Regulation only mandated travel agencies to have a list of prices available in their office.
Liability to indemnify
The Regulation provides that the travel agency must indemnify the tourists for all losses arising due to the cancellation of reservation, if such damages were incurred due to the fault of the travel agency. However, if the losses were incurred due to the cancellation by the resort, hotel, yacht marina, guesthouse or other tourist establishments in breach of the cancellation policy, the burden is on such establishment to indemnify the tourist.
Effective date
The Regulation is effective from 25 February 2021.
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